A Hero of Our Time
, by Lermontov, Mikhail; Randall, Natasha; Randall, Natasha; Randall, Natasha; Labute, Neil- ISBN: 9780143105633 | 0143105639
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 5/26/2009
A masterpiece of Russian prose, Lermontov's only novel was influential for many later nineteenth-century authors, including Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky and Chekhov. Lermontov's hero, Pechorin, is a dangerous man, Byronic in his wasted gifts and his cynicism, and desperate for any kind of action that will stave off boredom. In five linked episodes, Lermontov builds up a portrait of a man caught in and expressing the sickness of his times.